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Ahmed Hassanein

Ahmed Hassanein Pasha, KCVO, MBE (Шаблон:Lang-ar) (31 October 1889 – 19 February 1946)[1] or Aḥmad Moḥammad Makhlūf Ḥasanēn al-Būlākī (Шаблон:Lang-ar) was an Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and geographic explorer. Hassanein was the tutor, Chief of the Diwan and Chamberlain to Farouk, the king of Egypt from 1936 to 1952, and also represented Egypt in the 1924 Summer Olympics in fencing.[2]

Early life

Hassanein was born in 1889, the son of an Al-Azhar University professor, and grandson of the last Admiral of the Egyptian fleet before it was dismantled under British occupation in 1882. He studied at Balliol College of Oxford University.Шаблон:Citation needed

Tutor

King Fuad I, father of Farouk, chose Hassanein to tutor the Crown Prince during the Prince's studies as a teenager in London. While Fuad spoke Turkish as his mother-tongue and was therefore unable to eloquently address his own nation, Farouk learned to speak Arabic proficiently under Hassanein's coaching.Шаблон:Citation needed

Expeditions

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Map of the expedition as drawn by his accurate measurements in his famous 1924 illustrated article
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Hassanein's route through the Sahara as it appears on today's satellite images. Points are important landmarks as mentioned in his book. Note how he avoided the Great Sand Sea south to Siwa.

During an expedition through the Libyan Desert in 1923, Ahmed Hassanein crossed a region defended by the puritanical Senussis.

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Ahmed Hassanein during his 1923 expedition in Libyan Desert, from where he obtained much scientific data. Note his wrist-watch which used to help take his coordinates.

In December 1922, Hassanein began a new scientific expedition from Sallum. He recorded bearings and measures of distances, took photos, samples, wrote his journal, and interacted with his men to learn more about their traditions and places and natural phenomena. He corrected the position of his destination of Kufra on maps, and at the climax of his expedition discovered previously unknown water sources, the "Lost Oases" of Jebel Uweinat and Jebel Arkenu, which opened new Sahara routes from Kufra to Sudanic Africa. The latter was known since 1892 through Arab sources,.[3]Шаблон:Citation needed During the journey he took photographs of significant rock art.Шаблон:Citation needed

In September 1924, his report was published in the National Geographic Magazine with 47 photos and a map. His book, The Lost Oases, was published the following year in English and later in Arabic and German.Шаблон:Citation needed

Ahmed's work based on his journeys includes: an accurate map of a then-unknown region, based on astro-fixing and triangulation techniques; writings on the history and traditions of the isolated and fiercely independent Senussis sect in Libya; a published memoir; a geological collection; and thousands of photos and hours of footage. He was honoured with the title of Bey and the Founder's Medal of the British Royal Geographical Society in 1924.[4]

Olympics

Hassanein competed at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics in the foil and épée competitions.[5]

Hassanein mausoleum

Ahmed Hassanein was killed in an automobile accident on 19 February 1946 and was buried in the Mameluke Northern Cemetery across the Salah Salem road from the new seat of the Al-Azhar Imam in a mausoleum built by his brother-in-law, the architect Hassan Fathy.Шаблон:Citation needed

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